Skye Flora

Broad-leaved Dock


Rumex obtusifolius

 

Rumex obtusifolius

Photo © Carl Farmer
4 Aug 2002 Scorrybreac

Common in waste ground, rough grassland and as a garden weed.

Petals enclosing fruit c 5.5 mm long

Skye ID: Fruit enclosed by 3 expanded and hardened petals edged with long teeth (looking like spines in the picture)

Other features: Usually only one of the three petals has a tubercle (the round pink bit in the picture), occasionally all 3 do.

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